Polling Hiccups, the Mayor’s Bad Bets, and More to Know From Dallas Elections
Three incumbents head to the runoff, the mayor's preferred candidates underperformed, and there were more places to vote than ever before. Let's talk about the election.
By
Matt Goodman
Published in
FrontBurner
May 3, 2021
10:23 am
At about 1 a.m. Sunday morning, we learned the results of a typically low-energy municipal election. Fewer than 10 percent of Dallas County voters cast their ballots, which is pretty close to what we saw in May 2019. Of course, the mayor wasn’t on the ballot this time, so maybe this is a small win. In 2018, the national rate for municipal elections was 27 percent, according to the